Blunkett seizes fee power
UNIVERSITIES will be subject to an unprecedented level of central government control if education secretary David Blunkett is granted reserve powers to regulate top-up fees. Only a revolt in the...
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Budget letter warns on pay
IN ITS pre-budget letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England this week the government promised that an extra Pounds 125 million for institutions next year will contain real terms cuts...
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Bludgeoning Blunkett
(Photograph) - Thousands of students brought traffic to a halt in central London this week in protest at the introduction of tuition fees and loss of grants. The demonstration, organised by the...
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Fryer proposes Ofsted for universities
UNIVERSITIES would be subject to the same quality assurance inspection regime as schools and colleges, and they would have to demonstrate a commitment to widening access as a condition of public...
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SOAS students protest library restriction
STUDENTS staged sit-ins at the School of Oriental and African Studies last week in protest at their reduced access to the University of London library. SOAS is one of several colleges to cut library...
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Bristol staff take strike vote
STAFF at the University of Bristol are to ballot for a strike over up to eight threatened redundancies. Leaders of the local branch of Association of University Teachers agreed last week to seek...
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Half of students fail to hit repayment target
HALF of students liable to repay student loans were granted a deferral in 1996/97, because their income was below the threshold Pounds 15,792 salary, according to statistics from the Department for...
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Discretionary awards slump in England
THE number of "discretionary" financial awards given to support students by English local education authorities has slumped from 202,700 in 1993/94 to 141,900 in 1995/96, according to statistics on...
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Government stays mum over Scottish fees
THE government refused this week to say what legal advice it had received on the payment of tuition fees by non-Scottish UK home students taking four-year degrees at Scottish universities. Lord Sewel...
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Guide aims to boost Scots women scientists
THE Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has launched a series of guidebooks to give better support to women in science, engineering and technology. John Sizer, SHEFC's chief executive, said...
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Millennium grant goes to science ken
THE Millennium Commission has given Pounds 36.6 million to science centres in Dundee and Glasgow, part of a Scotland-wide network that aims to boost the public understanding of science. The Scottish...
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Glasgow and St Andrew's propose merger
GLASGOW University and St Andrew's College, Scotland's only Roman Catholic teacher education college, are proposing to merge next summer. The college would merge with Glasgow's departments of...
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Old dogs will avoid institute's new tricks
LECTURERS may be able to gain membership of the new Institute for Learning and Teaching without having to pass a training course. But new academics are likely to be required to take an accredited...
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Pay review pressure rises
PRESSURE is growing on university employers to set up the Dearing-recommended pay review committee, which has been delayed for nearly four months. The Association of University Teachers has called on...
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Ward denies allegation
ASSOCIATION of Colleges chief Roger Ward has told the House of Commons education select committee that he denies an allegation that he was paid a consultancy fee by a financial services company. Mr...